Sorry this took so long guys. I had a long week at work last week and only had a little bit of time last night and tonight to put this together. I did get started on Chapter 4 too, and promise it won't take as long. Thank you all for the nice comments again!
Chapter 3: Regret
Jane looked at herself in the rearview mirror of her car as she tousled her hair and applied some lip gloss. She couldn't figure out why she was doing this considering what had just happened. Maura had taken her completely by surprise by kissing her, but she was ever thankful that she had. The feel of Maura's lips on hers was everything she had wanted but had been denying herself for too long. She hated running out on Maura like that, but she had to at least have the decency to tell Brad to his face why they couldn't be together anymore. That was the only thing she felt was fair and on top of it all even though she knew she wanted Maura, she really did like this guy. There wasn't anything that he had done that caused this, it all boiled down to her want for Maura that had finally come to fruition.
Back at the office, Korsak had found a few hits on the brown Chevy. He found 3 cars matching that description registered inAlabama,Rhode Island, andLouisiana. After comparing the plates found on the video camera surveillance to that of the plates of each of those states, he was able to lock down the owner's name and last known address. "Frost, I got him. BJ Jones ofRhode Island, but I can't get a license to pull up. Called theProvidencepolice to have them go to the last known address, but I don't see it panning out."
"Korsak, awesome work, I've taught you well." Frost chuckled. "Let's call Jane and update her. I'll run his plates through the city website to see if he has any outstanding parking tickets, maybe we'll catch a pattern to figure out what area ofBostonhe is living or spending time in."
Maura was still processing the body of the Jane Doe tirelessly. Still trying to focus her thoughts on anything other than the fact that Jane had left her after the best kiss of her life only to go have lunch with her boyfriend. She couldn't bare the thought of Brad touching her perfect skin, of violating what she now considered hers. He was walking his filthy fingers across her beautiful body. She had to stop. She had to do something with her thoughts or she would go crazy and run after Jane like a harpy wife. She headed to the lab to check on the DNA results from the skin fibers under the Doe's fingernails.
Maura pulled up the results of the test. No match in the system. She decided to head down to see Korsak and Frost and share the news with them. Anything that would get her out of her own head was all she cared about at the moment.
Jane pulled up to a little café just a block away from her apartment where she had promised to meet brad at11:30for lunch. She couldn't quite find the words that she knew needed to be said to Brad. How do you tell someone that you really do like them, but you have decided to be with your best friend instead? The whole premise of it was strange and an awkward topic to bring up to someone that you had only been seeing for a short time. They hadn't even brought up exclusivity yet. Maybe he would understand if she just simply said she wasn't able to commit and that she would like to remain friends?
Jane walked into the café and looked around, she finally found Brad sitting in the corner scrolling through his phone. As she approached her heart slightly sank in her chest. There's really no good way to break up with someone. She knew the tired old "it's not you, it's me" line wouldn't work, even thought it was actually the case. Brad stood to greet her wrapping his hands around her back and pulling her into a hug as he kissed her gingerly on the lips. "You look gorgeous today babe. If it's possible you look even more beautiful than this morning."
"Thanks," she stated politely pulling back from their embrace. "I find that hard to believe with the morning I have had, but I really appreciate the compliment."
"Rough day at work?" He questioned with a sincere care in his voice. This sort of thing was foreign to her. Not only did all the men she had dated before not cared about her day usually, they also didn't want to hear about it.
"You could say that. Not only did I start my day coming across a girl being murdered, but I haven't a clue where to begin on the case which is a first for me." Jane said with a slight annoyance with herself.
"Well, I don't really know how to help you with that, but I can tell you that you look absolutely gorgeous today." Jane looked on with adoration towards him. He genuinely was a nice person which made the decision to attempt telling him that she no longer could see him even harder.
"Thank you babe, I really think you are one of the nicest people I have ever come across."
Jane's phone beeped signaling a text from Frost. Jane, we have the name of owner of the Chevy. BJ Jones of Rhode Island. Can't find a current address for him, but PPD are on his last known address.
Jane thought long and hard about the morning. What an absolutely terrible way to start your day. If only there was a place that she could start from this case, but there wasn't even a name yet for the victim. All she knew was that someone driving that car had done something or known something and she needed to talk to them. For now her time needed to be spent letting Brad down gently and figuring out her emotions toward Maura. She decided to excuse herself to the restroom so she could compose herself and decide exactly how to word what she needed to say.
When Jane returned from the bathroom, Brad had ordered for both of them, which drove Jane nuts. She could honestly say this was the first time that she felt uncomfortable around Brad. She wanted to lecture him on how inappropriate she found this to be, but she didn't have the energy. Not with a big fat bomb she was about to drop. "Brad, I need to tell you something, and it's not the easiest…" Before she could mutter the words her phone rang again.
"Jane, we found the car. Can you meet us four blocks south of your apartment onAcorn Street?" Frost almost seemed frantic and out of breath. She jumped up from the table looked at Brad with an apologetic smile and ran towards the door. "Brad, can you come over again tonight? I need to go now, but I'd like to talk to you over dinner. Ok?" Jane barely waited for the answer before she bolted out of the door.
When she met up with Korsak and Frost at the location they had set, she got out of the car quietly not knowing any details. "Alright, what do we have? Is the owner here or do we know yet?"
"Haven't gone to check yet Janie, we got here right before you did. His car is in that secluded garage." Korsak said as he moved closer to the garage while cautiously placing his hand on his firearm. Jane and Frost both mirrored him as Korsak leaned down to lift the garage door. He swiftly lifted it up as all of them precautiously backed away. There was the vehicle Jane had seen earlier this morning right in front of her. She quickly moved towards it and opened the driver side door. There on the worn leather seat, she saw blood everywhere. With a sense of pride and a touch of pain she turned towards Frost, "Got him, call CSU and have this towed back to the precinct. I'll head back to headquarters to see what we have going on with the body. Korsak you canvas around the neighbors and see if anyone can give us a location on this guy's residence. "
Back at the morgue, Maura was just finishing up gathering evidence from the body. She hadn't heard from Jane in over 2 hours and her mind was racing. Seriously she couldn't possibly be doing anything with him could she? I couldn't bare the thought of sharing an intense moment like we did and then finding out she decided to stay with him anyway. Pull it together Maura, she's your best friend, she couldn't do that to you. Maura's emotions had kept her particularly distracted and she hadn't even noticed Jane walking in. Jane slipped her hand into Maura's unsuspecting hand and pulled her into her office shutting the door and finding great pleasure that the blinds were already closed. She reached up cradling Maura's face with her hands and pulled her into a searing kiss. Maura sighed as she felt the soft, smooth lips embrace her own. She felt Jane's tongue invite itself inside her mouth. With every tender nibble at her lip Maura grew weaker at the knees. Heaven. She wrapped her hands around Jane's back, making it clear that she wasn't about to break away. Her fingers slipped under Jane's shirt running gently on the toned lower back as she thought how badly she wanted to rip it off of her. Jane shivered as she felt the sensation of Maura's hands on her bare skin. She intensified her kiss as she clenched Maura's backside with one of her hands pressing her whole body against hers. Maura moaned at the aggressiveness and the sensation of Jane's perfect body against hers. Jane leaned back from the kiss and then leaned back in for one short but passionate kiss as she pressed her forehead against Maura's.
She whispered, "See Maur, it wasn't a dream, and I hope it's our reality for a very long long long while." Jane wrapped her lips around Maura's again lingering for a moment. God she is good. "Well now that we're all hot and bothered, I guess it's time to go back to work. I did actually come to check out what you've got for me so we can get this psychopath. You are just the perk of the visit."
"Well, after that kiss I'm not quite sure I remember if I even did an autopsy, but I did find a blood stain on her that was not her own. I put it through the system, but no hits yet. Do you have any leads on your end?"
"We found the car and it's being brought back here right now. I told Frost to have you take a look at it. I'm just annoyed that we can't get a picture of this guy out of the system. Maybe one of the neighbors will know something and we can get the big break we need."
"Speaking of big breaks… What happened at lunch today? Did you drop the boom yet?"
"Maur, it's bomb, not boom. Unfortunately I got interrupted by the case. He's coming over tonight so we can finish the conversation. How about you come over after for some dinner and whatever…"
"I'm nobody's sloppy seconds there Rizzoli. You better not think for two seconds that I will be kissing you, if you even think of kissing him tonight."
Jane giggled as she moved a stray strand of hair out of Maura's face, "Well, what if I do this?" Jane leaned down to Maura's neck running her tongue gently before quickly following with her lips. She repeated her pattern while moving upward towards Maura's lips and just as Maura was about to reciprocate Jane pulled away and smiled as she turned towards the door, "Gotta show up for the rest doctor." Maura sat there stunned. Damn she's good.